Now with your storm track seven forecast. Rain is tracking into the area this morning and will stick around all day and we may even the north. Temperatures just continued to go up overnight, so we are now in the mid 30s to the west. Rain will continue to track through and then snow will mix by tonight. But today will highs will climb into the mid 40s to mid 50s. We have some snow for tonight, but a couple of other systems bring a chance of snow to the state. Ill the west. Rain will continue to track through and then snow will mix by tonight. But today will be liquid with about an inch in some areas, especially if you hear some thunder. Highs will climb into the mid 40s to mid 50s. We have some snow for tonight, but a couple of other systems bring a chance of snow to the storm track sevens Amanda Gilbert joins us live in black hawk county. And amanda people you talked to have some mixed feelings when im not seeing a lot of cars our right now. Its raining a little bit but. You should expect to see more cars on the roads these next few days. Its on of the busiest travel times of the year. Driving is the most common form of travel for the holiday season. And with the unusually warm december weather. Plus low gas prices. It seems more people will be hitting the roads this year. But theres some mixed opinions i dont care whether we have a its been hard to get in the Christmas Spirit with no snow. Kim actually told me she works at a company that plows and their trucks have only been out once this now traveling can still be stressful. In fact 41 percent of people consier decent holidays to be the most stressful according to trip advisor. So some tips to make travel a little easier download your Favorite Music to listen to. Weve got you covered live in black hawk county, Amanda Gilbert, kwwl news. According to trip advisor. The top holiday attractions in the us are the magnificent mile in chicago. Rockefeller center and the San Antonio River walk. Continuing Coverage ArmySergeant Bowe bergdahl rejects a plea deal. He is charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy after his disappearrance in afghanistan in 2009. Bergdahl walked off a base and was held by the taliban for five years before being released in 2014 in exchange for five detainees in guantanamo bay. This was his first appearance in front of a military judge. If convicted he could face life in prison. Doing their last minute shopping. A shooting at a mall. This happened in new york. Police said a suspect entered a store that sold rolex and attempted to rob it. Store security struggled with the suspect. A shot was fired a mall employee injured. Despite the investigation, most of the mall stayed open. Only the crime area, the crime scene is affected because it was robbery and it has been contained. The mall employee seriously injured. The suspect is in custody. Concealed weapon permits from half the states in the country will no longer be recognized in virginia. The states attorney general says those states do not have virgigia law does not allow accepting the lower standards of other states, and im going to make sure the law is enforced. Good news is iowa permits will still be recognized. The sister of sandra bland who was found dead in a texas jail are still possible. Authorities say bland hung herself after being arrested followingnga minor traffic violation. Her family has questioned the official finding. This week a grand jury declined to indict any county jail employees. What happened to sandra, first of all, shouldnt have happened into the custody and care of Law Enforcement officials who usurp your decisions and your choices to be made for you, you then become their responsibility. The grand jury will reconvene in january, and could consider other indictments at that time. A woman dies at the hospital shortley after being arrested. Her family says she went to the hospital complaining of stomach pains. Police say she refused to leave so they came to the hospital to pick her uppand she was arrested for Disorderly Conduct and trespassing. After she was taken outside, she collapsed at the back door of the police cruiser. And then. Then the guard tried to take the handcuffs off and and i told them yall done kill the woman was takk back inside where she died. A truck carrying more than two thousand piglets overturns on its way to iowa. Take a look at thh truck on its side in north carolina. Animal control officers working to contain the piglets as crews put the truck back upright. Authorities say some of the pigs were seriously injured in the now a followup to a story we firsrs brought a few weeks ago. Liam young will spend christmas at home liam was taken to the hospital in october with what as thought to be the flu. He endndd up losing his fingers and toes. Kwwls brad hanson catches up with the family as they prepare for the holidays. Nats what do you wanna watch . Boof boof . Yeah liam was originally taken to the hosital a few months ago, and evvntually chris young, liams father we didnt know if he was going to be here with us for chistmas this year. But he is. Things are going really well with him. They let him come home for the holidays, they lined up a nurse to come to the house if we need help with him. Twistbut this one, so much better than the last. Its one of the greatest things ever. I mean, its almost just as good as they day he was born, if not better. Its awesome. And although the gifts given to liam may go unnoticed next to his ipadthe support is not going unnoticed by c cris and his family. Its just been outstanding. Today alone he got a couple of packages in the mail, some from green bay, lacrosse area. People that we dont even knw, have never even met, and theere sending him gifts and cards and its awesome people out there that will do that. Its amazing. We have information on how you can support liam and his family on our website. K wwl dot com. Iowas population is growing but is still behind the national rate. New estimates show ioos population grew point five percent this year. The National Population grew point eight percent. Among te states. After the 2010 census, iowa lost a seat in congress becaussthe ststtes popoulation grew more slowly than other states. New Government Data shows more babies were born in 2014 than 2013. The number of births up one percent. Data also shows the birth rate for teens dropped ninepercent. And reached a record low for women in their early 20s. Decsion 2016. Were hearing from Hillary Clinton. After donald trump called her a liar. Trump blames the media. Still, his numbers are strong. But if he falls, ted cruz is waiting in the wings. Tracie potts has the latest from washington. Its important to stand up to bullies wherever they are and why we shouldnt let anybody bully his way into the explicit references toobathroom break at ssturday nights debate and her 2008 failed president ial bid. Tweeting that the biased media incorrectly deffned his words. Cowards like trump to pick on trump with triple the support of number two ben carson. Some people have expressed concern that i would quite because my numbers have gone down, im not a quitter. But quinnipiac puts him just four points ahead of ted an awakening and spirit of revival sweeping this country. That quinnipiac poll found half the countrrwould be embarrassed for trump to be may not stick with the candidate theyre currently supporting. Tracie potts, nbc news, washington. Trump tweeted overnight the medias blowing this out of proportion. At a rally last night, Hillary Clinton called some of whats coming from the republican side meanspirited. A different view of a holiday display in eastern iowa video from a drone. Its the helping services for northeast iowa drive through lights display in decorah. The display benefits helpiig services for northeast iowa. The Organization Provides parenting and mentoring programs, Substance Abuse prevention programs, and Domestic Violence services for clients in northeast iowa. Its still to come. We just showed you how drones can give us a new perspective but this skiier probably wishes someone kept their drone off the course. Plus ll check ouu these high winds and the problems theyre causing. Youre watching kwwl, weve got you covered with jerry gallagher, ally crutcher and meteorologist eileen loan. Forecast on kwwl. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen for your complete weather information. Here is additional forecast informmion from the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather rain will track through oday and we may hear thunder. Snow will mix in tonight and may linger into thursday before drying out for christmaa day. Rain is tracking through on stormtrack7 live Doppler Radar and we have some rain showing up on some of our stormtrack7 Live Weather Network cameras already. And it is mild. Temps are in the mid 30s to mid 40s already this morning actually, we have been climbing since yesterday morning with low 30s to the northwest. Easterly winds will turn more to the west today, but until then we will have plenty of moisture streaming in as low pressure tracks northeastward. This is pulling a lot of moisture into the area and we will keep the chances of rain all day and could hear thunder. Snow could mix in this evening and into the overnight with a few snow see much snow accumulation, but we could end up with qui a bit of rain. Most of us with half inch to one inch amounts and could see more, especially if you get under a couple of heavy rain producers and or hear thunder. Rain will continue today with highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s as the winds turn to the west. Breezy conditions tonight with light rain and snow showers tracking through. Lows dropping into the mid 20s to low 30s could cause wet surfaces to freeze and become mild for thursday with a few snow showers tracking through. Christmas day will be mainly dry and mild with highs in the low 40s. The next system tracks in friday night sunday night inn monday with with strong winds. This is the scene in california winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour. Ripping up roofs, knocking over semis. No injuries were reported. A skier is heading downhill and is nearly hit by a drone. This man a f fur time worll cup champ. As hes heading down the mountain a drone comes flying out of the sky just missing him by a matter of seconds. He says he was so focused on his run he didnt even find out about the crash until he made it geologists and engineers are trying to figure ouou how to stop this house from sliding into a lake. The family wasnt there when the home in the ozarks started sliding. The only one in the neighborhood that appears to be dropping into the water. But at this point we dont reaaly know what it is we can do house. About 32inches from its garage wall its still to come. From Mass Shootings to deflategate. A look at some of the top stories of the year. Plus. The stories we love to tell. A military surprise at an iowa school. Youre watching kwwl. Weve got you covered in brandon, sutliff, wyoming and all of eastern iowa more mass shootitigs. And hey this holiday, u. S. Cellulars giving you 15 gigs of data for justst70 but i wanted a pony. [ gasps ] youre getting data. Ponysized data . U. S. Cellular sized data. 15 gigs of good, strong data you can actually use because it works in the middle of anywhere. Id like 100 youre getting 400 in promo cards switch to u. S. Cellular and get 15 gigs of data for just 70. Plus 400 in promo cardsds on average, it takes three hundred americans working for a solid year, to make as much money as one top ceo. Its called the wage gap. And the republicans will make it worse by lowering taxes for those at the top and letting corporationsnsrite their own rules. Hillary clinton will work to close the wage gap. Equal pay for women to raise incomes for families, lower taxes for the middle class. She gets the job done for us. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. More scandal. 2015 seems like a year of mary moloneylooks at the National Stories that made this was a ttagically recurring scene during 2015. Crowds fleeing another to a College Campus in bernardino that Authorities Say may have been inspired by isis. President obama called it an act of terrorism. president obama the threat from terrorism is real. But we will overcome it. In roanoke. Two journalists were killed when a gunman opened fire during their live report. National debate over the confederate flag. The palmetto state voted to remove the flag from the State Capitol for the first time in 54 years. Racial tensions were not confined to charleston with happening in cities across tt country protesters were outraged by the Police Killings of unarmed black men like freddie gray, jamar clark and walter scott. June saw two historic decisions from the Supreme Court of the united states. In a 63 split the court marry nationwide. nats while many cheered the 54 ruling somesharply disagreed. In a small kentucky announced shed had a prrvate meetinggith pope francis during and washington dc making history as the first pope to address congress. pope francis god bless america. A report from congress accused japanese auto parts manufactuuer takata of putting profits ahead of safety. Takata disputed the reports conclusion saying it had a number of inaccuracies but the airbags resulted in a huge rocked the sports world in tsarnaev and aurora theater shooter james holmes were convicted in highly publicized as they faced justice 2 inmates fled from it in upstate new york. The prisooescape led to a weeks long manhunt that ended behind bars. Im mary moloney reporting. Coming up tomorrow a look at some of the top political stories of the year. Its coming up. A big surprise for two little girls in iowa this holiday season. Eileen loan is b paris theres a lot to do on a dairy farm. Nobodys gonna do it for you. You have to get out there and do it yourself. Bernie sanders is a wellknown friend of family farms. Bernie cannot be bought out by big money. Bernies opinion cannot be purchased. Roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. Hes a rock. Meteorologist eileen loan is back with another check of your storm track seven forecast. Rain is likely today with some thunder. Most seeing half to an mixes with then changes to snow before tapering off on thursday. Into the weekend. We have a Second System friday night into combination of both depending on the track of the low. Military post and surprises his daughters. During a School Assembly in West Des Moines the students are singing. And when they mention the military. A surprise for two of we celebrate our military. School, that was good, that ww exciting by the way. In that song. Students were singing through. Plus were continuing to followup on the sudden death of and. Whats that you see in the sky . Even the experts arent sure good morning, im ally crutcher. Jerys off. Storm track seven meteorologist eileen loan is here now with your storm track seven forecast. Rain is tracking into the area thth morning and will stick around all day and we may en have some thunderstorms track through. We also still have some areas of fog in the north. Temperatures just continued to go up overnight, so we are now in the mid 30s to the mid 40s with the winds turning more to the east, continue to track through and then snow will mix by tonight. But today will be liquid with about an inch in climb into the mid 40s to mid 50s. We have some snow for tonight, but a couple of that forecast in a few storm track sevens amanda gilblbrt joins us ive in black hawk county. And amanda no snow now, youve got your umbrella according to trip advisor. 33 percent of people will be traveling for the christmas holiday. And 56 percent of those traveling plan on driving. We have not been seeing a lot of this snow . And we have been seng a lot of signs like this low price sign very unusual to some. Ive been here for almost 70 with christmas around the corner its a nice sight to see. Yeah te kids will be coming home. Last year i had to get through i does make a difference not having to worry about the snow with them traveling distance because we got some om colorado. According to trip advisor. 41 percent of people say december holidays are the weather. But not this year. Been hard to get in the Christmas Spirit with now snow. Christmas. As they said on boots. S. Becuassits gonna be rainy and stuff. Some other interesting facts from trip advisor. Travelers is white christmas. And the three most visited york. And the San Antonio River walk in texass gilbert, kwwl news. Some tips to make your Holiday Travel less stressful. Travel during off peak hours and load your Favorite Music on to your smart phone or tablet. New this morning. The autopsy is complete and Funeral Services have been set for an iowa wrwrstler who died d ver the weekend. Austin roberts collapsed during a meet, yesterday the state medical examiner did an autopsy but results are pending. Visitation is sunday and his funeral will be monday, both at the Spencer High School gym. Were learning more about six american soldiers who died during a suicide bomb attack. One has ties to eastern iowa. 45yearold jospeh lemm grew up in dubuque county. Detective lemm was with the nypd for 15 years serving Andrew Spencer introduces us to Staff Sergeant peter taub, the father of a via skype a few weeks ago but didnt even know where he was. I had no idea until yesterday. I thought he was in saudi arabia. He says his son didnt want him to worry. He seemed to be in pretty good spirits. I think he was a little melancholy, because he wasnt home for the holidays and missing his family. Taub and five other american oldiers died in a suicide bombing